Admitted
1982, Oklahoma; U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits; 1991, Texas
Law School
University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1982
Law School Graduation Year
1982
College
Oklahoma State University, B.S., 1979
Memberships
Oklahoma County (Vice President, 1993-1994; Member, Board of Directors, Chairman and Treasurer, Young Lawyer's Division, 1982-1988; Chairman, Community Law Week Committee, 1989-1990; Chairman, Bench and Bar Committee, 1996-1997), Oklahoma (Member, Treasurer, Secretary, Chairman-Elect and Chairman, Financial Institutions, 1982-1990; Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1987-1990; Member, Sections on: Business Administration; Labor and Employment; Real Property), and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law, Litigation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Luther Bohanon American Inn of Court (Master).
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi (President, 1981-1982). Recipient, University of Oklahoma College of Law, Student Bar Association Service Award, 1982. Editor and Member, Judiciary Committee, Oklahoma Law Review, 1981-1982. Author: Net Gifts: Let the Donor Beware, 34 Oklahoma Law Review 887, Issue 4, 1981. Commissioner, Oklahoma Commission on Teacher Preparation, 2000— . Chairman, Oklahoma Indigent Defense System Board, 1997-2000. Member, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 2000— . Member, Board of Visitors, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 2000— . Member, Governors Commission on Government Performance, 1995.